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The wars & local soldiers, 1890

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The War in Central America

Evening News · Monday 18 August 1890 · page 4

London, August 16.— General Ezeta, commander of the troops of San Salvador, has defeated the Guatemala rebels. San Salvador and Honduras have massed 10,000…

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The War in Central America. London, Aug. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 August 1890 · page 5

General Ezeta, the San Salvador commander, has defeated the Guatemala rebels. San Salvador and Honduras have massed 10,000 men to operate against the…

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What Zalinski Saw. The Strength of European Powers. Germany Best Prepared for War. French Hostility to Americans- Experts Say War will Come Soon

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 August 1890 · page 7

THE New York World correspondent had a, chat with Captain Zalinski recently. Zalinski was sent abroad by the U. S. Government on a roving commission among…

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The Strike Wave. Soldiers, Police, and Postmen. Affairs in England

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 August 1890 · page 2

THIS has been an eventful week, says the WEEKLY DISPATCH of July 13). The Guards have disobeyed orders, aud a Line regiment has been brought to London to overawe…

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SUMMARY. Our boy soldiers in camp

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 August 1890 · page 4

Upwards of £12,000 in marked cheques and notes was received by the Works Tender Board yesterday as deposits for contracts. Mr. J. Nish succeeds Mr. Cockburn,…

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Our Boy Soldiers. First Annual Encampment

The Australian Star · Thursday 21 August 1890 · page 7

THE Agricultural Ground has become a miniature soldiers' city, the residents being the boy soldiers of the colony, who have been assembled there for drill and a general…

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The Rich Queen and the Poor Soldiers. a "Tender" Heart But a Close Purse

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 August 1890 · page 7

While the papers are full of comments on the scandalous treatment of the poor half starving survivors of the noble Six Hundred by the State, it is refreshing to come across the following…

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Questioned Loyalty of the British Soldiers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 August 1890 · page 11

ONE hundred and fifty Grenadier Reserves have been ordered as a reinforcement to Bermuda. The War Office states that this has been done with the object of infusing loyalty into the younger soldiers…

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War in Central America

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 August 1890 · page 6

The latest news from the frontier (July 22) confirms the reports that a state of war exists between the Republics of San Salvador and Guatemala, aud that Costa Rica and Nicaragua…

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The War in Central America. Hostilities to Be Renewed. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Aug. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 August 1890 · page 5

San Salvador has rejected the terms of peace submitted by Guatemala and Honduras. It is believed that the war will be renewed…

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Military and Defence. a War Game

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 August 1890 · page 3

A war game was played at the rooms of the United Service Institute yesterday evening. As on previous occasions, a deal of interest was manifested in the game. The "general idea"…

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"A Common-sense Cure for Strikes." Mr. Justice Stephen and "Civil War."

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 August 1890 · page 5

Last night, in the Centenary-hall, Mr. John F. Horsley, of Brisbane, delivered an address dealing with the great labor struggle and pointing out "a common-sense cure for…

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The War in Central America. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Aug. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 August 1890 · page 5

Another battle has been fought in Central America. The army of San Salvador repulsed the Honduras troops, after five hours' heavy fighting…

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Cruise of the German War. Ship Alexandrine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 August 1890 · page 4

The German cruiser Alexandrine returned to Port Jackson at 10 o'clock yesterday morning after an absence of some five weeks. During the interval she has been cruising in German…

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The War in Central America. Peace Signed by Two of the Republics. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Aug. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 August 1890 · page 7

A treaty of peace has been signed by representatives of the two Central American Republics recently at war, Guatemala and San Salvador…

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By Yarra's Banks. Our Melbourne Message. a Jilted Girl. Vengeance Was Hers--A Wounded Lover --A Romantic Shooting Case

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 August 1890 · page 2

THE old days when tho jilted and wronged girl turns on her lover with a loaded revolver seem to have revived. A handsome young Italian, Eurice Botta, won the heart of the…

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The War in Central America. London, Aug. 22

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 August 1890 · page 468

San Salvador has rejected the terms of peace submitted by Guatemala and Honduras. It is believed that the war will be renewed…

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More Mutinous Soldiers

Evening News · Saturday 30 August 1890 · page 4

LONDON, August 29.— There have been manifestations of insubordination among the troops stationed at Canterbury. A large number of Hussars lying in the cavalry…

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Civil War. Guatemala and San Salvador. They Meet In Battle. Salvadorians Capture All the Enemy's Artillery-- Review of the Causes That Induced the War

The Australian Star · Monday 1 September 1890 · page 3

A DESPATCH from the city of Mexico, July 20, states:--EL UNIVERSAL has published an account of a battle between Guatemalans' and San Salvadorians in San Salvador, in…

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Chinese Generalship. Soldiers Buried Alive

Evening News · Monday 1 September 1890 · page 4

Mr. Edward Bersam, an Englishman, who has been ten years in China, who was in that country when the Formosa Expedition returned, and who is now in Chicago, says that the expedition was a…

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